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New Commander Named For Army Aviation Center of Excellence

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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

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Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey said Monday Brig. Gen. Anthony Crutchfield, Director, Joint Center for Operational Analysis-Lessons Learned, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Suffolk, Va., will become the next Commanding General at the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE) and Fort Rucker, Ala. Crutchfield will replace current commanding general Maj. Gen. James Barclay, who has commanded USAACE since July 2008. Barclay will move to a new position as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, Washington, D.C. The change…

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